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Monday, May 17, 2010

Various Resources in One Post

I thought I would share some of the resources I've found over the years that proved helpful in our homeschooling/unschooling. I hope no one feels intimidated. These are tools I've used over 10+ years and is actually only a partial list. I've added links where I thought they might be useful, fun or interesting.

(Note: Not all of these worked for all of my kids, so it's good to try to borrow the books or DVDs from the library whenever possible to test them out. I originally found many of the books and DVDs through our library system.)

English and Reading:-Guys Read-Starfall (Online reading program)-Schoolhouse Rock's Grammar Rock-Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Sandy Asher (on writing)-Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? by Kenneth Koch (on writing poetry)-Nitty Gritty Grammar by Judith P. Josephson and Edith H. Fine:-Elements of Style by Strunk and White-Barron's Painless Grammar and Painless Junior Grammar-Vocabulary Cartoons series by Sam, Max and Bryan Burchers

Language:-Muzzy Spanish-Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish by Lynn Johnston and Brenda Wegmann-Minimus by Barbara Bell (for Latin)-TuTubusLatinus (many lessons in Latin, we use the Aeneid of Virgil, where the Aeneid is translated in a series of videos)

History: -Horrible Histories series by Terry Deary-Various biographies by Mike Venezia-Wicked History biographies-The Kingfisher Complete Book of World History (this one may be out of print)-The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia Of World History-American Girl series

3 comments:

Looks like a great list! We have some tapes of Beakman's World around here somewhere, I need to dig them out now that the kids are old enough to "get" the humor. Todd and I watched Beakman all the time when Chad was a baby (that was back when we had TV.) We loved Josie.

Thanks for your comments on my post about my "Surprise" trip. I love how you and I think alike so often. It's reassuring to know someone understands! Please tell your lovely daughter "Happy Birthday" for me. She is a treasure - lucky you!

Have a terrific week!Kate

P.S. HSB has certainly made things more complicated, at least in my opinion. How are you doing with that site? Perhaps it's just me!

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